Meda (Hrsg.) Chesney-Lind

Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment

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A TROUBLING LOOK AT THE WIDE-RANGING CONSEQUENCES OF MASS INCARCERATION. Over a quarter of the adult population in America has criminal records on file with federal or state criminal justice agencies. Invisible Punishment is the first comprehensive examination of the hidden ramifications of conviction for inmates, ex-felons, their families and the communities they come from. Here, leading scholars and advocates bring to light a host of little-known invisible punishments, from disenfranchisement and ineligibility for welfare benefits, public housing and employment opportunities, to price gouging by phone companies with prison contracts, gende… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Mauer, Marc (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-56584-848-1
EAN: 9781565848481
Produktnummer: 9250854
Verlag: New Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Seitenangabe: 355 S.
Masse: H19.0 cm x B13.4 cm x D2.7 cm 404 g
Gewicht: 404

Über den Autor

Marc Mauer is the assistant director of The Sentencing Project, a national organization based in Washington, D.C., that promotes criminal justice reform. He is the author of Race to Incarcerate.Meda Chesney-Lind is a former vice president of the American Society of Criminology, a professor of women's studies at the University of Hawaii, and the author of the award winning Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice.